Essential Oils & Aromatic Chemicals

Produced from the flowers, leaves, stems, roots, peel, or bark of plants and fruit, the aroma compounds known as essential oils are so named because they capture the distilled essence of a plant’s natural aroma and flavor. These highly-concentrated compounds deliver a ton of flavor in just a drop or two. Citrus and fresh-mint essential oils, like lemon, orange, and peppermint, are widely used in candies; high-end bakeries and confectionaries also use floral essential oils such as lavender to flavor their gourmet treats. Savory spice and herb essential oils, like sage and basil, can add depth and richness to soups, stews, roasts, and sauces without an herb garden. All of the products in our essential oils line are pure, undiluted, therapeutic and food grade, ideal for use as flavoring.

Anise Oil (Illium verum) is steam distilled from the star shaped fruit of the evergreen star anise shrub, which is native to Southwest China. Rich in naturally occurring anethole, the oil has a licorice-like flavor and aroma. The oil is a popular baking and confectionery ingredient and is used in many Italian, German, Chinese and Vietnamese baked goods and confections. Anise oil is also widely used in processed meats and is an important flavoring ingredient in pepperoni. This oil can be used as a one for one replacement for Oil Anise Seed. This oil is tested using GC and GC/MS and undergoes organoleptic screening prior to importing. Highly concentrated, a drop or two is sufficient for most applications.